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mental quality consisting of the ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new situations

a method for assessing an individual's mental aptitudes and comparing them with those of others, using numerical scores

a basic intelligence predicts our abilities in varied academic areas

a statistical procedure that identifies clusters of related items (called factors) on a test; used to identify different dimensions of performance that underlie a person's total score.

our intelligence may be broken down into seven factors: word fluency, verbal comprehension, spatial ability, perceptual speed, numerical ability, inductive reasoning, and memory

a condition in which a person otherwise limited in mental ability has an exceptional specific skill, such as in computation or drawing

our abilities are best classified into eight independent intelligences, which include a broad range of skills beyond traditional school smarts

passion and perseverance in the pursuit of long-term goals

analytical intelligence, creative intelligence, practical intelligence

the ability to perceive, understand, manage, and use emotions

1857-1911; Field: testing; Contributions: general IQ tests, designed test to identify slow learners in need of remediation-not applicable in the U.S. because too culture-bound (French)

a measure of intelligence test performance devised by Binet; the chronological age that most typically corresponds to a given level of performance

revised Binet's IQ test and established norms for American children; tested group of young geniuses and followed in a longitudinal study that lasted beyond his own lifetime to show that high IQ does not necessarily lead to wonderful things in life

the widely used American revision (by Terman at Stanford University) of Binet's original intelligence test.

defined originally as the ratio of mental age (ma) to chronological age (ca) multiplied by 100 [thus, IQ = (ma/ca) x 100]. On contemporary intelligence tests, the average performance for a given age is assigned a score of 100.

a test designed to assess what a person has learned

a test designed to predict a person's future performance; aptitude is the capacity to learn

the WAIS is the most widely used intelligence test; contains verbal and performance (nonverbal) subtests

A test with uniform procedures for administration and scoring. Many standardized tests allow a person's performance to be compared with the performance of other individuals.

the symmetrical bell-shaped curve that describes the distribution of many physical and psychological attributes. Most scores fall near the average, and fewer and fewer scores lie near the extremes.

The rise in average IQ scores that has occurred over the decades in many nations

the extent to which a test samples the behavior that is of interest

The success with which a test predicts the behavior it is designed to predict; it is assessed by computing the correlation between test scores and the criterion behavior.

a group of people from a given time period

our accumulated knowledge and verbal skills; tends to increase with age

our ability to reason speedily and abstractly; tends to decrease during late adulthood

the capacity to do mental activities- thinking, reasoning, and problem solving

a condition of intellectual disability and associated physical disorders caused by an extra copy of chromosome 21.

the extent to which intelligence test score variation can be attributed to genetic variation

the idea that our abilities are malleable qualities that we can cultivate and grow

a self-confirming concern that one will be evaluated based on a negative stereotype